writ

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
2. (Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, countable) A document ordering that an election be conducted.
3. (UK, countable) An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.
4. (uncountable) Authority, power to enforce compliance.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) That which is written; writing.

Verb

1. (dated, dialectal, form-of, past) past of write
2. (dated, dialectal, form-of, participle, past) past participle of write

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write

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Synonyms

summons

warrant

order

mandate

notice

subpoena

judicial writ

authorization

fiat

notification

dictate

brief

law

written order

ruling

script

ordinance

directive

citation

decree

injunction

instruction

interdict

interdiction

jussive

missive

monition

payment order

phraseology

postal order

prescription

process

quill

service

serving

style

task

testimonial

ultimatum

word of command

writing

written

written language

prohibition

Scripture

writing style

information

service of process

process of monition

program line

Translations

mandato

mandato

aanschrijving

schriftelijk bevel

ordem

orden

mandato

ordinanza

mandat

ένταλμα

mandat

documento

mandado

Mandat

Gerichtsurkunde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: writ

Inherited from Old English: writ

Cognate with Scots: writ

Cognate with Icelandic: rit

In summary

From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).